Combined wagon-box and rack.



PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906. E. N. AVERY.

COMBINED WAGON BOX AND BACK. APPLICATION FILED DBO. e. 1905.

ATTESAT IIATVENTOR. c m/X 9 BYJY v7 ATTYT EDWARD N. AVERY, OF OBERLIN,OHIO.

COMBINED WAGON-BOX AND RACK.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28., 1906.

Application filedDecember 6, 1905- Serial N0i'290,564.

T0 (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD N. AVERY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oberlin, in the county of Lorain-andState-of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful 1mprovements in a Combined Wagon-Box andRack; and I do declare that the following is vention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use thesame.

My invention has reference to a combined wagon-box and rack adapted tobe used for hauling hay, straw, baskets, barrels, and other articlesrequiring a wide-spreading base on which to build and also fortransporting stock, such as sheep and hogs, all substantially as shownand described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theinvention as used for carrying hay and like bulky loads. Fig. 2 is across-section of one side of the rack and its supports and a part of awagon-body and enlarged as compared with Fig. '1. Fig. 3 is across-section on the same line as Fig. 2, except that the side of therack and the supports therefor are shown as shifted to a differentinclination, as hereinafter more fully described. 'Fig. 4 is across-section on line 20 m, Fig. 2.

As thus shown, A represents a wagon box or body, say, of any of thecommon styles and, which is provided with the usual crosspieces a atintervals across its bottom, proj ecting laterally from said bottom andprovi ding supports for the side stays or braces, as ordinarily made. Inthis instance the usual rigidly-attached braces or standards are omittedand in lieu thereof I employ my new and improved standards or supportsB, which serve all the purposes of afhxed braces or standards so far asthe wagon-box is concerned, but are removably engaged upon said box orbody, as shown. Thus each standard has its upper end fashioned with ahook 2, adapted to engage over the upper edge of the wagon-body and liedown on the inside thereof, so as'to make a close and effectiveengagement therewith, while the base of the standard is provided with apin or projection 3, adapted to seat down in a corresponding hole 4 incross-piece a and extending down below cross-piece o to receive a pin orfastener 5 to hold the rack firmly to the body. This makes an effectualside support for the side I i I of the wagonbody, while it also forms astable support for the rack, as will now appear. Thus each side of therackis constituted in this instance of cross-arms C and longitudinalbarsD, secured to said arms. Three different arms are shown at each side,corresponding to cross-pieces a at the bottom of a full, clear, andexact description of the inthe wagon-body and mostly from about itsmiddle rearward; but more or fewer might be used, and said arms areomitted at the front of the wagon to afford room for the front wheels toturn without obstruction. In-lieu of such arms at the front I employstay chains or cables E, engaged at one end to the outer edge of eachside of the rack and at the other end to upright end frame F at asuitable elevation, and a hinge 6 or its equivalent connects the sideframes with the wagonbodyat the front. Said chains are adapted to bedisconnected at either end.

The arms C are pivotally, but removably, engaged with the correspondingstandard B at 7 near the top of said standards on pivot pinsor bolts,and separate braces G support each arm from the base of said standardsexcept at the extreme front of the rack over the front wheels, wherechains E take the load.

The arms C have lateral flanges 0 along their outer edges, terminatingat their upper portions in enlargements having inclined inner edges 8and outer stops or lugs 9, forming shoulders or abutments for braces Gwhere the sides of the rack are down, Fig. 2. The said braces have ears11 at their lower inwardly-extending ends, through which they arepivoted in hole 10 at the bottom of the standard by means of suitablepins or bolts and are formed with opposite inwardlyturned jaws 12 attheir outer ends, which are slidably engaged over opposite flanges c onarms C and adapted to run to wide-open position on said flanges to theends thereof over inclines 8 at the outer ends of flanges c and againststop 9 below said inclines, and thus sustaining the sides of the rack intheir laydown position for hay, straw, and the like; but when the saidsides are raised to a plane with the sides of the wagon-body, as indotted lines, Fig. 2, for hauling stock or for purposes requiring sucharrangement the braces G run the opposite direction on flanges c to theinner ends thereof, where they remain idle for the time being, (dottedlines, Fig. 2.) The said sides of the rack may then be connected fromside to side by chains or other means to hold'them together, and flanges0 purposely terminate at 14, so as to allow braces G to be freelyremoved and replaced. However, there is an intervening or midwayadjustment or disposition of the arts, adapted for any use requiringsuch haff-way-raised position, and inwhich the lower ends of braces Ghave been taken from engagement through holes 10 to holes 15 near thecentral top por tion of standard B. The same pins or bolts are used hereas at the lower end of the standards, and shoulders 16 outside of andbelow the plane of said holes 15 serve as rests for braces G, which havetheir inwardly-extending ends 11 bearing thereon at their base orshoulders. This provides for a substantially forty-five-degree angle ofinclination for the sides of the rack, which frequently is desirable andwhich is accomplished by merely moving braces G from holes to holes instandards B, as just described. In either case, whether brace G beengaged on the standard at hole 10 or at hole 15, its shoulder or offset17 rests down on a corresponding shoulder on said standard outside itsown pivot.

What I claim is 1. In a combined wagon-box and rack, a standard havingits upper end bent inwardly into hook shape engaged over the edge of thewagon-box and having a downward projection on its lower end and ashouldered offset at its middle 7 ortion and a pivot-hole behind saidshoulc er, in combination with a rack-supporting arm pivoted to the topof said standard and a brace adapted to slidably engage the outer edgeof said arm and pivoted at its inner end on said standard andconstructed to be engaged through said pivothole and rest on saidshouldered offset in an inclined position.

'2. The wagon-box and the rack thereon, in combination with standardshaving hooked ends engaged over the sides of said box and supported atthe side thereof at their bottom, in combination with braces slidablyengaged with the sides of said rack and adapted to be adjustably engagedwith said standards at different elevations at their inner ends, saidstandards provided with pivot-holes for said braces at their points ofengagement with the standards and shoulders for the braces to rest uponoutside said pivot-holes.

3. The wagon-box and standards hooked over the sides thereof at theirtop having pins at their bottom engaged in side projections from saidbox, in combination with the rack having arms pivoted on said standardsand adjustable braces between said standard and arms, said arms havinginclined inner edges at their outer ends and stop-lugs on their bot tombeneath said inclined edges and said braces constructed to engage saidedges and in testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presenceof two witnesses. EDWARD N. AVERY.

Witnesses:

O. RoYoE SAWYER, J. CoANN (loans.

